New Telstra exec highlights telco’s digital ambitions

Telstra has filled a vacancy on its board with a senior publishing executive with deep links to Asia.

Margie Seale, chief executive of publisher Random House in Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed a non-executive director of the telco giant.

Ms Seale has served in senior publishing roles for more than 30 years and is president of Asia development for Random House.

“Margie has valuable insights into the digital environment and the management of intellectual property here and overseas. We are very pleased that Margie will join the Telstra board," Telstra chairman Catherine Livingstone said in a statement.

The appointment comes at a time when Telstra’s Yellow Pages arm Sensis is struggling with the transition from print to a digital business model.